Abstract
A recently isolated cholesterol oxidation product, cholesta-3,5-dien-7-one, which was present at high concentrations in fatty/cirrhotic alcoholic liver was identified as a potent endogenous inhibitor of the cytosolic, E1, isozyme of aldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.3). The oxysterol was a less potent inhibitor of mitochondrial, E2, isozyme. The inhibition of the E1 isozyme was irreversible on the IEF gels, upon dilution and with 33 microM 2-mercaptoethanol during activity assay. The calculated 1-50% values from the inhibition curves for the E1 isozyme were 5-10 microM and approx. 180 microM for the E2 isozyme. The E3 isozyme was not sensitive to the oxysterol. Judging from the Lineweaver-Burk plot, the inhibition of the E1 isozyme with a constant concentration of cholesta-3,5-dien-7-one (52 microM) appeared to be noncompetitive.
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